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Hot dogs, fireworks, parades: Americans love July 4th. How Independence Day evolved.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo Canada News· 22 hours agoOn July 4, 1848, President James Polk witnessed the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington...
Six other presidents didn’t run for another term. Here’s what happened then
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 15 hours agoLyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, Calvin Coolidge, Rutherford B Hayes, James Buchanan, and James K Polk....
The 23 Best Movies to Watch on the Fourth of July
Redbook via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoLincoln A Steven Spielberg film featuring one of Daniel Day-Lewis’s last (?) performances, Lincoln is a massive production befitting the massive impact...
Opinion: What great Americans from the past would think of its current political leaders
The Globe and Mail· 6 days agoDavid Shribman is the former executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and winner of the...
The Fourth of July that saved the nation
telegraphherald.com· 5 days agoAs an end-of-the-road farm boy growing up deep in southern Illinois, the Fourth of July was more of a shade tree holiday from the alfalfa field than a...
The best films about American politics ever made, from All The President’s Men to Lincoln
Evening Standard via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis is the War Room!” Lincoln (2012) Steven Spielberg’s 2012 film takes the viewer on a cinematic...
How Presidents and First Ladies Have Celebrated Fourth of July at the White House Through the Years
WWD via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoFrom Thomas Jefferson's first Independence Day celebration at the White House in 1801 to Joe Biden's...
Where to Stream American-Themed Movies on the 4th of July
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoLooking to escape the heat and live out some quality Americana moments on film this 4th of July?...
162 Years Later, a Medal of Honor for Two Civil War Train Raiders
New York Times· 1 day agoThe Union soldiers and civilians who took part in the mission fled, but all were captured after less...
Steve Bannon is heading to prison, ending his failed attempt to escape consequences
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoSteven Bannon is part of what I call Trump's Confederacy of Convicts Trump often compares himself to...